17 October, 2008

Britain Considers Database for Telephone and E-Mail Traffic: “The country’s independent reviewer of terrorism laws, Lord Carlile, said the government should not be allowed to set up a vast ‘data warehouse.’ (Via NYT > Technology.)

Court of Appeal orders men to disclose encryption keys: “Two men have been told that they cannot rely on their right to silence to refuse to give British police a computer password.” (Via OUT-LAW News.)

Government gives more detail on communications surveillance plan: “The Government has postponed planned legislation which could create a giant central database containing records of every email, web session and phone call made in the UK.”…

China watches over internet café customers in web crackdown: “All visitors to internet cafés in Beijing are to be required to have their photographs taken in a stringent new control on the public use of…

Hoon: Not building überdatabase would be terrorist licence to kill: “ Fear? Hyperbole? He’s heard of them Transport secretary Geoff Hoon said last night that if the government is not able to harvest details of…

Sounds all unbelievable to me but interesting article from The Times. Why wouldn’t they hide their messages into normal boring photos considering the fact that websites carrying child pornography would be more likely to be…

Turkish newspaper website blocked after creationist’s complaint | World news | guardian.co.uk Robert Tait in Istanbul, guardian.co.uk,Thursday October 16 2008 17.50 BST The website of Turkey’s third largest-selling newspaper has been blocked following a complaint…